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Spearville was deeded by the Santa Fe to the Arkansas Valley Town Company in March 1873. Spearville was built on an area along a section of the Santa Fe Trail called Dry Ridge. The town was named for Alden H. Speare, railroad director and president of the town company.
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969:Spearville: City of Windmills
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997:Fry, Eleanor (1975).
967:Fry, Eleanor (1975).
830:Smoky Hills Wind Farm
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868:Rick Dvorak
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365:Speareville
344:2020 census
336:Ford County
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73:Ford County
51:Ford County
1548:Categories
1501:Spearville
1466:Enterprise
1373:Fort Dodge
1343:Spearville
1333:Dodge City
1310:Dodge City
1220:See also:
1214:See also:
1197:January 1,
885:References
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361:Spearville
348:Highway 50
332:Spearville
219:Population
95:99°45′16″W
92:37°50′56″N
1506:Wheatland
1481:Grandview
1438:Townships
1428:Windhorst
1418:Kingsdown
1403:Bellefont
1071:0028-792X
822:wind farm
774:Education
385:Geography
299:FIPS code
287:Area code
241:Time zone
211:Elevation
173:Named for
1496:Sodville
1486:Richland
1471:Fairview
1076:March 5,
1029:cite web
1019:June 10,
946:Archived
923:July 24,
791:Highways
741:Hispanic
731:, 0.37%
727:, 0.25%
692:Hispanic
303:20-67125
275:ZIP code
1511:Wilburn
1456:Concord
1451:Bucklin
1328:Bucklin
1243:USD 381
1142:July 6,
1106:July 6,
682:, 0.6%
678:, 0.4%
397:Climate
354:History
318:Website
313:2395923
309:GNIS ID
154:Founded
121:Country
71:map of
1413:Howell
1383:Wright
1320:Cities
1251:, KDOT
1069:
745:Latino
720:census
696:Latino
668:census
528:−14.2%
483:266.9%
423:Census
340:Kansas
143:County
136:Kansas
77:legend
55:Kansas
1491:Royal
1461:Dodge
1446:Bloom
1408:Bloom
802:US-50
725:White
676:White
633:−4.9%
618:13.5%
588:−6.1%
573:22.6%
558:−1.3%
513:11.8%
280:67876
269:(CDT)
267:UTC-5
246:UTC-6
131:State
1476:Ford
1365:CDPs
1338:Ford
1199:2009
1169:2008
1144:2012
1108:2012
1078:2024
1067:ISSN
1035:link
1021:2014
954:2021
925:2020
648:2.3%
639:2020
624:2010
609:2000
603:3.3%
594:1990
579:1980
564:1970
549:1960
543:1.2%
534:1950
519:1940
504:1930
498:9.2%
489:1920
474:1910
459:1900
444:1880
432:Note
427:Pop.
363:and
182:Area
167:1885
157:1873
148:Ford
69:KDOT
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628:773
613:813
598:716
583:693
568:738
553:602
538:610
523:603
508:703
493:629
478:576
463:157
448:156
292:620
260:DST
250:CST
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